2004 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

Qatar  2004 Qatar Grand Prix
Race details
Race 13 of 16 races in the
2004 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 2 October 2004
Location Losail Circuit
Course Permanent racing facility
5.380 km (3.343 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Carlos Checa
Time 1:58.988
Fastest lap
Rider United States Colin Edwards
Time 1:59.293
Podium
First Spain Sete Gibernau
Second United States Colin Edwards
Third Spain Rubén Xaus
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Argentina Sebastián Porto
Time 2:02.710
Fastest lap
Rider San Marino Alex de Angelis
Time 2:03.015
Podium
First Argentina Sebastián Porto
Second Spain Dani Pedrosa
Third Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Time 2:09.644
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Time 2:09.569
Podium
First Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Second Italy Andrea Dovizioso
Third Spain Álvaro Bautista

The 2004 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2004 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 30 September-2 October 2004 at the Losail International Circuit. It was the first running of the event.

MotoGP classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Spain Sete Gibernau Honda 44:01.741 3 25
2 United States Colin Edwards Honda +1.315 10 20
3 Spain Rubén Xaus Ducati +23.844 7 16
4 Brazil Alex Barros Honda +25.458 2 13
5 United States Nicky Hayden Honda +31.417 4 11
6 Italy Max Biaggi Honda +39.209 24 10
7 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha +53.373 17 9
8 United States John Hopkins Suzuki +58.006 11 8
9 Germany Alex Hofmann Kawasaki +1:04.320 18 7
10 Japan Makoto Tamada Honda +1:18.518 13 6
11 Japan Yukio Kagayama Suzuki +1:49.438 19 5
12 United Kingdom James Haydon Proton +1:52.158 21 4
13 United Kingdom James Ellison Harris WCM +1:53.900 22 3
Ret Spain Carlos Checa Yamaha Retirement 1
Ret Italy Marco Melandri Yamaha Retirement 16
Ret Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Retirement 6
Ret United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Aprilia Retirement 14
Ret United Kingdom Neil Hodgson Ducati Retirement 15
Ret Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Retirement 20
Ret Italy Valentino Rossi Yamaha Retirement 23
Ret Australia Troy Bayliss Ducati Retirement 9
Ret Japan Shinya Nakano Kawasaki Retirement 5
DNQ Japan Youichi Ui Harris WCM

250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Argentina Sebastián Porto Aprilia 41:17.343 1 25
2 Spain Dani Pedrosa Honda +1.614 2 20
3 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama Honda +43.312 6 16
4 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia +45.127 7 13
5 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia +47.182 8 11
6 Spain Toni Elías Honda +59.471 5 10
7 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda +1:11.413 16 9
8 Spain Alex Debón Honda +1:22.120 11 8
9 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia +1:22.162 23 7
10 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia +1:29.038 14 6
11 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia +1:40.121 9 5
12 France Erwan Nigon Yamaha +1:43.016 18 4
13 Japan Taro Sekiguchi Yamaha +1:43.056 21 3
14 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Aprilia +1:50.884 22 2
15 Spain José David de Gea Honda +1:53.027 24 1
16 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia +1:53.335 13
17 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda +1:54.871 17
18 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia +2:25.588 15
19 Germany Klaus Nöhles Aprilia +1 Lap 26
Ret Australia Anthony West Aprilia Retirement 10
Ret San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia Retirement 3
Ret Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha Retirement 20
Ret Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia Retirement 19
Ret Czech Republic Radomil Rous Aprilia Retirement 27
Ret France Randy de Puniet Aprilia Retirement 4
Ret Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia Retirement 12
Ret France Gregory Leblanc Aprilia Retirement 25

125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Grid Points
1 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 39:11.620 1 25
2 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda +0.000 2 20
3 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia +4.010 12 16
4 Finland Mika Kallio KTM +18.750 10 13
5 Italy Fabrizio Lai Gilera +35.450 16 11
6 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia +37.890 6 10
7 Spain Julián Simón Aprilia +39.020 8 9
8 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia +39.400 22 8
9 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia +42.900 15 7
10 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia +42.910 9 6
11 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia +47.420 3 5
12 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia +48.010 14 4
13 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda +52.650 13 3
14 Italy Andrea Ballerini Aprilia +1:03.090 21 2
15 Italy Gioele Pellino Aprilia +1:06.800 27 1
16 Italy Stefano Perugini Gilera +1:07.040 18
17 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Honda +1:20.710 30
18 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia +1:23.800 19
19 Germany Dario Giuseppetti Honda +1:26.860 24
20 Italy Roberto Locatelli Aprilia +1:28.480 5
21 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti Honda +1:29.770 25
22 Spain Jordi Carchano Aprilia +1:37.390 26
23 Italy Manuel Manna Malaguti +1:37.540 31
24 Netherlands Raymond Schouten Honda +1:38.400 29
25 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia +1:54.610 28
Ret Italy Simone Corsi Honda Retirement 11
Ret Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Malaguti Retirement 17
Ret Australia Casey Stoner KTM Retirement 4
Ret Italy Max Sabbatani Honda Retirement 32
Ret Finland Vesa Kallio Aprilia Retirement 20
Ret Spain Ángel Rodríguez Derbi Retirement 23
Ret Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia Retirement 7
Previous race:
2004 Japanese Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
2004 season
Next race:
2004 Malaysian Grand Prix
Previous race:
None
Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Next race:
2005 Qatar Grand Prix
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